NCT06818370

The Effect of Coconut Oil on Alopecia

The Effect of Coconut Oil on Alopecia in Women Receiving Doxorubucin-Cycylophosphamide Treatment for Breast Cancer

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 86 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Dr Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

İn this study will be conducted to evaluate the effect of coconut oil on alopecia in 86 female breast cancer patients treated at Dr Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital between 01.02.2025-31.12.2025.

Detailed description

Cancer is a disease in which the cells in our body multiply uncontrollably and develop by metastasizing, and the symptoms, course and consequences of the disease can show complex qualities in each patient. Cancer treatments have benefits and harms. One of these side effects is alopecia. Alopecia due to cancer treatments is a condition of hair loss, partial or complete, usually temporary but rarely permanent. In chemotherapy-induced alopecia, the hair follicle is damaged due to the pause in the anagen phase and causes the hair to break off spontaneously during activities such as washing and brushing the hair. Various scales are used in the evaluation of alopecia due to cancer treatments, such as the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Side Effects and the Dean Alopecia Scale. Some applications are made to prevent and treat alopecia. These include strategies and pharmacological applications to physically reduce the amount of medication given to the hair follicle. Coconut oil helps regrow damaged hair. It provides essential proteins necessary for hair and softens the scalp and hair. In the literature, it has been observed that studies showing the effects of coconut oil for the prevention and treatment of alopecia are insufficient. This study will be conducted on 86 breast cancer patients to determine the effect of coconut oil on the development of alopecia.

Conditions

• Breast Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Coconut Oil	The coconut oil application protocol will be explained to the patients in the experimental group and 10 milliliters of coconut oil will be applied to the hair follicles once a week. Alopecia assessment will be done every week.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-02-03
• Primary completion: 2025-12-31
• Completion: 2026-01-31
• First posted: 2025-02-10
• Last updated: 2025-02-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)